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Gob   /gɑb/   Listen
Gob

noun
1.
A man who serves as a sailor.  Synonyms: Jack, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar.
2.
A lump of slimy stuff.
3.
Informal terms for the mouth.  Synonyms: cakehole, hole, maw, trap, yap.






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"Gob" Quotes from Famous Books



... was the name of the frog—and sing out, "Flies, Dan'l, flies!" and quicker'n you could wink he'd spring straight up and snake a fly off'n the counter there, and flop down on the floor ag'in as solid as a gob of mud, and fall to scratching the side of his head with his hind foot as indifferent as if he hadn't no idea he'd been doin' any more'n any frog might do. You never see a frog so modest and straightfor'ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. ...
— The Best American Humorous Short Stories • Various

... bod anwyd ar fy mab, Yn rhodd rhowch arno gob ei dad: Rhag bod anwyd ar liw'r cann, Rhoddwch arni ...
— Welsh Fairy-Tales And Other Stories • Edited by P. H. Emerson



Words linked to "Gob" :   whaler, officer, able seaman, boatswain, clump, sea dog, tar, sailor, Britain, U.K., bosun, oral cavity, roustabout, hole, ship's officer, sea lawyer, glob, crewman, helmsman, mouth, clod, able-bodied seaman, bos'n, steerer, bo'sun, bargee, bargeman, United Kingdom, oral fissure, UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, rima oris, ball, steersman, lighterman, Great Britain, bo's'n, deckhand, lump, chunk, pilot



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